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Gary Peters: “We certainly do not want the government to make the Postal Service inept and allow for something like this to happen.”

On the recordJanuary 20, 2016
We certainly do not want the government to make the Postal Service inept and allow for something like this to happen.
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Gary Peters
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Peters emphasizes the importance of an efficient Postal Service to avoid issues like delayed scholarship applications.

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